Improvement in horse-rakes



UNITED STATES vPATENT FFICE,

iMPROVEM ENT IN HORSE-RAKES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 29,012, dated July 3,1860.

To all whom it may] concern:

Be it known that we, FREDK. SEIDLE and SAML.,EBERLY, ofli/Iechanicsburg, Cumberland county, State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horse-Rakes, of which thefollowing is a fnil, clear, and exact description, reference being hadto the accompanying; drawings, forming part of this specitcation, inwhich- Figure l represents a plan of a horse-rake embracing ourimprovements. Fig. 2 repre Sents a rear elevation of the same.

Our improvements in horse-rakes relate to that class in which the rakelis attached to a two-wheel carriage with the teeth resting on a rockingframe, and with clearers arranged between the teeth for the purpose ofdischarging the material raked from the teeth as they are raised.

Ourinveution consistsin arraugingthe pressure-bar extending across theteeth to hold them down back of the rear bar of the rocking frame inorder to bring it more nearly over the points of the teeth for thepurpose of giving increased support and steadiness to the teeth.

ln the accompanying drawings a horse-rake embracing our improvements isrepresented, which consists of a rocking frame composed of two sidebars, a and b, arranged parallel to each other, at a proper distanceapart, united by cast-iron heads c, risingfrom the end pieces. Over thefront bar, c, of the frame are ears d, and througii these ears a rodpasses, on which the blocksf, forming the heads of the raketeeth, arestrung. The rake-teeth g are wound around and firmly attached to thehead-blocks, and extend backward and rest on the rear bar of the rockingt'rame, passing between guides or loops driven into the rear bar to holdthem from springing laterally.

Resting on the rake-teeth, back of the rear bar, is a pressure-bar, u,the springs i of which are ofthe C form, and confined at one end to thefront bar of the rocking frame and at the other to the pressure-har.These springs hold the bar down, causing it to press ou the raketeethand hold them in contact with the rear bar of the rocking frame, butallowing them to rise bythe yielding of the bar and pass over obstacles.

The rockingtrame and rake are supported on a two-wheel carriage, A, towhich they are pivoted, turning on centers in line with the front bar otthe rocking frame. A lever, k, rises from the frontI har of the rockingframe, which is connected by a lilik. Z, with a shipping-lever, fn, bywhich the rake is raised when not in use, or in discharging the hayraked up. On

' the under side ot' the axle, and connected with it by the same boltsthat attach the shafts to the axle, is a stripper, B, the teeth m ot'which extend and pass between the rake-teeth.

A drjvers seat, C, is arranged on the carriage in front oi' the axle,and in such position as to nearly balance the weight ofthe rocking frameand rake.

1u arranging the spring pressure-bar to bear on the rake-teeth back ofthe rear bar ot' the rocking frame on which the teeth rest, longer andmore elastic springs may he applied to the pressure bar, and thepressure bar is l'brought more nearly over the point of the Thecombination of a rocking frame supporting the rake with a springpressurebar extending across the rake-teeth and bearing upon them backot' their rear support on the frame.

In testimony whereof We have subscribed our names.

AFREDRIOK SEIDLE.

SAMUEL EBERLY. Witnesses:

B. C. PAINTER, JOSEPH LEAs.

